When Married Couples Benefit from Claiming Social Security Earlier

This week on the Retirement Quick Tips podcast, I'm talking about When You Shouldn't Delay Social Security: 5 Smart Reasons to Claim Early Yesterday, I talked about how there could be several benefits - including more predictable income and tax scenarios in retirement from high net worth individuals claiming earlier rather than later. This flies in the face of conventional advice, and can be overly simplistic for the millions of married couples who are trying to decide how and when to claim social security.  So today, I'm talking about scenarios where married couples can benefit from claiming earlier.